::New Work Posted on the Kitten::
Howdy Y'all. I actually posted my latest work yesterday. I was inspired by some things that I've noticed lately. I mean I've always had the tendency to be a little anti-social. I just don't like to deal with the bullshit that some people try to suck you into. It's not worth all the drama and hassle ya know? Yeah, so by looking at the title of my new work, it's all about trying to fit in. It barely touches on the things that people go through to try and be this ideal person that everyone would love. I just find it really odd how we talk all this mess about how the United States is the land of the free, but then we try so hard to conform. How free are we really? Cultural conditioning tells us that we need to have a certain body type, the money, the material goods, and whatever to be someone who will be accepted in society. Look in any magazine and the models are all at least a size 4 or smaller. On television and movies the average actress is between a size 2 and 6. Guys have to live up to the stereotype of needing to be built. For example, when the children in B2K first came out, they were all about what 14? They were already playing up the sex symbol by trying to show off abs and chests and arms. They actually trained to be that defined that early in age. I know some of you females can sympathize with me when you go clothes shopping. The average woman in the United States is a size 14. She is right on the cusp of being "plus sized". If that's the average, then what should we call all the actresses and models? Abnormal? Of course we won't call them that. They're the epitome of what it is to be beautiful in this day and age. With the way that our American Culture has progressed in the past 100 years alone, we act like it's not fathomable to see how we put ourselves in this situation. We complain about how everyone is becoming overweight, how there's a decline in cultural productivity, and a degredation in our family values. The answers to all the questions and complaints that we have lie in our history. Take this for what it is. I'm just doing a little social commentary. I have a plan for self-improvement, but be sure it definitely does not start with fitting into a mold that was built by someone who does not understand the person within. Self improvement comes from acknowledging that you are not perfect, and you should not expect yourself to be so. Once you can accept that, then you can accept the person you are, and you will more easily recognize what things could use improvement and what things should be cut down. I don't mean to sound like I'm preaching, let me just make note here these are things I found true for myself. It's not going to work for everyone in that order, but I do believe that a self evaluation could help some people finally understand or recognize what will work best for them. Just do a little housekeeping, it can work wonders. I'm yapping on and on now because I'm bored at work, I'm covering Secure Alert so I don' really have much to do at like 9:47 in the evening. All right I'll just leave you all to digest what I have served up on a piping hot platter. Later Kiddos!
Random Blurb: Popeye really had the idea when he'd say, "I am what I am, and that's all that I am."
posted by Rochelle @ 9:51:00 PM
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